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Australia Test cricketers early 1900s. Six Valentine’s Series colour postcards, each depicting a player wearing cricket attire in various poses at the wicket, with printed name to front. Players are V. Trumper, C. Hill, J. Darling, M.A. Noble, W. Armstrong, and F. Laver. Two postally used with postmarks for 1907. Wear to some corners and edges, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Australia player postcards early 1900s. Five early postcards, all of a similar ‘pink’ printed series, each depicting an Australian Test cricketer in various poses, with printed player’s name to lower border. All are from photographs by E. Hawkins of Brighton. Players featured are Albert Trott, Hugh Trumble, Syd Gregory, Joe Darling and Clem Hill. Two are postally unused, others postmarked c.1905- 1906. Minor wear, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Australian Test cricketers early 1900s. Eight Wrench Series mono postcards, each depicting an Australian cricketer at the wicket in various poses. Players are Clem Hill (series no. 1392), J. Darling (no. 1393), W.P. Howell (no. 1394), M.A. Noble (no. 1395), S.E. Gregory (no. 1396), J.J. Kelly (no. 1397), V. Trumper (no. 1687), and A.E. Trott (no. 1754). Five are postally used with postmarks for 1902-1904. Good condition.... View full lot details

The Ashes. Australia v England 1903/04. Four Star Series mono postcards featuring members of the Australian team. Cards feature Noble, Hill & Darling, Gregory, Armstrong & McLeod, Trumper, Duff, Howell & Kelly, and Hopkins, Cotter & Gehrs. Two postally used. Some staining and wear, otherwise in generally good condition.... View full lot details

Australia c.1904. Six sepia tinted printed postcards from a set of twelve featuring Australian Test cricketers. ‘The Wilson Autograph Series’ c.1904/05 each with printed signature of the player to lower border. Cards are Noble (Series no. 1), Kelly (4), Gregory (8), Hopkins (9), Armstrong (10) and Gehrs (12). The Noble postcard postally unused, the others postmarked 1904/05, some with correspondence/ annotations on the fronts. The Kelly postcard with repair to lower edge, the Gregory postcard... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1905. Fourteen original sepia real photograph postcards from a set of sixteen produced of the Australian cricketers and team who toured England in 1905. Each player is depicted standing full length in cricket attire, some in blazers, in various poses, with printed title in black or white to the power portion of the photograph. All postcards from the same series of 1905, Thiele Photograph, printed by Ralph Dunn & Co. Players... View full lot details

Australians tour to England 1905. Early mono postcard depicting cameo images of the fifteen members of the Australian touring party, with printed title ‘The Australians’ and players’ names to lower margin. Publisher unknown, but appears to be a scarcer variation of the photographic example published by Philco. Postmarked Manchester 27th May 1905, the handwritten correspondence nicely describes the Australians’ victory by 244 runs against Lancashire at Old Trafford in a ‘splendid game... and their fine... View full lot details

‘The Australia XI’ 1907/08. Scarce printed mono postcard of the Australian team, standing and seated in rows, wearing blazers with the umpires, Crockett and Hannah, to either side. Printed title and players’ names to top and lower borders. The team and umpires correspond with the 1st Test v England at Sydney, 13th- 19th December 1907, and includes Noble (Captain), Trumper, Hill, Cotter, Macartney, Armstrong, Ransford etc. Australia won by two wickets. Publisher unknown. Correspondence to... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1909. Two mono printed postcards, one tinted red, both featuring the Australia tour members seated and standing in rows wearing tour caps and blazers. Printed titles and players’ names to lower borders. Players featured include Noble (Captain), Bardsley, Armstrong, Trumper, Ransford, Laver, Cotter, Carter, Macartney, Gregory etc. One published by R. Empson & Co., London ‘Souvenir Postcard No. 1’, the other with printed title to verso ‘Souvenir of the Australian Team,... View full lot details

‘The Australian Cricket Team 1909’. Fourteen sepia real photograph individual postcards of the fifteen members of the Australian cricket team who toured England in 1909, by Davidson Brothers of London. Twelve of the players are depicted standing full length in various poses, F. Laver, S.E. Gregory, M.A. Noble, V.T. Trumper, H. Carter, A.J. Hopkins, R.J. Hartigan, A. Cotter, W.W. Armstrong, W.J. Whitty, C.G. Macartney, and P.A. McAlister, also W. Bardsley and V.S. Ransford, both in... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1912. Triangular Test Tournament. Two mono postcards, one a real photograph, of the Australian touring party seated and standing in rows. The real photograph postcard published by Beagles’, photo by Central Press, series no. 333.T, postally unused. The other printed postcard by Bolland of Hanwell & Southall, postmarked 1912. Players include Gregory (Captain), Kelleway, Mayne, Whitty, Bardsley, McLaren, Jennings, Macartney, Carkeek etc. Some wear and creasing to corners, otherwise in good... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1912. Triangular Test Tournament. Mono printed postcard of Australians Macartney and Gregory walking off the field, both wearing tour caps and carrying bats. Printed title ‘C.G. McCartney [sic] and S.E. Gregory’. The verso, with handwritten title ‘Australia’s Team, Perth July 13 1912’, is signed in coloured pencil by twelve members of the Australian touring party and three others. Australians’ signatures are Gregory (Captain), McLaren, Hazlitt, Matthews, Webster, Whitty, Bardsley, Kelleway, Mayne,... View full lot details

‘Australian Cricketers American Tour 1913’. Mono printed postcard of the Australian touring party seated and standing in rows wearing tour caps and blazers. Printed title and players’ names to image. Annotated in ink to front borders by tour member, Edgar Mayne, ‘E.R. Mayne’s Aust Team America, Canada, Bermuda’, and signed to verso ‘With best wishes from Edgar Mayne 1949’. Other players include Diamond (Captain), Macartney, Collins, Emery, Mailey, Crawford, Bardsley etc. Publisher unknown. Postally unused.... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1921. Three sepia/ mono postcards of the Australia team, seated and standing in rows. One is a real photograph, titled ‘Australian Cricket Team 1921’, the players wearing cricket attire. Publisher unknown. The others are mono printed postcards, one with the team in cricket attire by Topical Press, the other in formal attire with facsimile signatures to borders, titled to verso ‘The Victorious 1921 Australian Team’ by Raphael Tuck & Sons, London.... View full lot details

‘Australia 1921’. ‘Photo reproduction of Autograph Signatures of the Captain and Members of the Australian Cricketers who played in the 2nd Test Match at Lord’s Ground 11th-14th of June 1921’. Very rare mono postcard depicting the signatures of the Australian team. J. White. Littlehampton. Postally unused. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1926. Eleven real photograph postcards of individual members of the Australian touring party, each depicted head and shoulders, the majority wearing tour caps and blazers. Published by Empire Publishing Co., London with printed player’s biography to verso. Players are Bardsley (Captain), Collins, Everett, Gregory, Grimmett, Hendry, Macartney, Oldfield, Richardson, Ryder and Woodfull. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1930. Fourteen sepia real photograph postcards, each depicting an individual member of the Australian touring party in various cricketing poses, some head and shoulders. Printed title ‘Australian Test Team’ and player’s name to lower border of each postcard. Players featured are Woodfull (Captain), Bradman, Fairfax, Grimmett, Hornibrook, Hurwood, Jackson, Kippax, McCabe, Oldfield, Ponsford, Richardson, Walker and Wall. Lacking a’Beckett from the full touring party. Publisher unknown. All postally unused. The Oldfield... View full lot details

Australian tour of England 1930. Four original real photograph postcards of the Australian team, two identical published by Bolland, one by F.J. Bookstall and the other an advertising postcard for Jaegar, sports clothing. Three are window mounted, framed and glazed. Frames measure 9”x7”. Sold with a mono printed postcard of the Australian team entering the field at Crystal Palace in 1905 (Star Series) and a four page folding ‘Chief Cricket Fixtures for 1899’ featuring all... View full lot details

Australia tours to England 1934-1956. Four original sepia/ mono real photograph postcards by Walkers Studios of Scarborough, each of Australian players taking the field in tour matches played at Scarborough. One from the 1934 tour depicts Bill Woodfull leading the team out with Bromley, Darling, Fleetwood-Smith etc. Others feature players walking out to bat, one of Hassett and Davidson, another of Morris and Hole, both 1953, also Rutherford and Burke in 1956. All postally unused.... View full lot details

Australia. The Ashes 1936/37. Ten original sepia toned postcards of head and shoulders images of members of the Australian team. Issued by Amalgamated Press in 1936, each card is printed to verso ‘This is a real photogravure portrait’ with biographical details of the featured player. Players are Bradman (Captain), McCabe, Grimmett, Fingleton, Chipperfield, O’Reilly, Oldfield, Darling, Fleetwood-Smith and Brown. All postally unused. Light creasing to the Oldfield card, minor wear to corners, otherwise in good/... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1938. Nine mono real photograph postcards, of which eight are of an individual member of the Australian touring party in various cricketing poses, all Raphael Tuck ‘Australian Cricketer’ series no. 3839 with printed player’s name to lower border. Players featured are Bradman (card ‘H’ in the series), Fleetwood-Smith (‘A’), Barnett (‘B’), O’Reilly (‘C’), McCabe (‘D’), Badcock (‘E’), Chipperfield (‘F’), and Fingleton (‘G’). The Fingleton card with correspondence in ink to verso,... View full lot details

Australia tour to England 1953. Five sepia real photograph postcards of members of the Australian team. Four players, depicted head and shoulders, are Lindsay Hassett, Ray Lindwall, Bill Johnston and Keith Miller, the other of Ian Craig ‘padding up’. Each card with facsimile signature to the photograph, printed title to lower margin and, to verso, the message ‘Greetings from the 1953 Australian Team in England’. Published by Playfair Books Ltd. All postally unused. Creases to... View full lot details

Warwick Windridge Armstrong. Victoria & Australia. 1898-1921. Tinted colour printed postcard of Armstrong, full length, in batting pose wearing Australian cap at Lord’s during the Australian tour of England in 1909. Nicely signed in black ink by Armstrong. Printed details to lower border ‘W. Armstrong, Victoria’. This card is from an anonymous series which comprised all sixteen members of the 1909 Australian tourists. An identical series was issued by R Empson & Co but these... View full lot details

Vernon Seymour Ransford. Victoria & Australia 1903-1928. Sepia real postcard of Ransford depicted head and shoulders in cameo on a white background, wearing Australia tour cap and blazer. Printed title to lower border ‘V.S. Ransford (The Australian Cricket Team 1909)’. Nicely signed in black ink by Ransford. Davidson Bros, London & New York. Postally unused. Small tear to right edge, light creasing, scribbles to verso, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

Albert John Young Hopkins. New South Wales & Australia 1896-1915. Early original mono postcard of Hopkins standing full length wearing cricket attire, Australia Test cap and leaning on his bat. Very nicely signed in black ink by Hopkins to the image. Printed title ‘A.J. Hopkins’. T. Bolland of Hanwell & Southall. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners and edges, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Sidney Hand Emery. New South Wales & Australia 1908-1913. Excellent sepia real photograph postcard of Emery, full length, wearing Australian sweater and cap and taken on the 1912 Australian tour of England for the Triangular Series with England and South Africa. The postcard very nicely signed to image in black ink ‘Faithfully yours, S.E. Emery’. E. Hawkins & Co, Brighton. Very good condition. Rare... View full lot details

Charles George Macartney. New South Wales & Australia 1905-1926. Mono plain back postcard of Macartney playing an expansive drive with printed facsimile signature to front. To verso a presentation inscription from Macartney ‘To Tom Glossop Jnr with best wishes’ and nicely signed by Macartney and dated 30/5/1928. Good condition... View full lot details

Donald George Bradman. New South Wales, South Australia & Australia 1927-1949. Excellent plain back sepia real photograph postcard of Bradman, head and shoulders, wearing Australian touring cap and sweater. The postcard very nicely signed by Bradman in ink. This is card number 3 from a series of fifteen cards produced for the Australian 1930 tour of England by B.D.V. cigarettes (Godfrey Phillips of London), number printed to lower right hand corner of card. Minor creasing... View full lot details

Clement ‘Clem’ Hill. South Australia & Australia 1892-1925. Sepia real photograph postcard of Hill standing full length at the wicket, leaning on his bat, wearing Australia tour cap. Photograph by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Herbert Leslie Collins. New South Wales & Australia 1909-1926. Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono plain back real photograph trade card of Collins, full length in batting pose at the wicket, taken at Lord’s. No. 9.C. Printed title to lower border ‘H. Collins Australian Team’. 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Donald George Bradman. New South Wales, South Australia & Australia 1927-1949. ‘Records Broken or Equalled by Don Bradman, Australia’. Real photograph postcard of Bradman depicted head and shoulders wearing tour cap. Barton Pictorial series. The records quoted imply that the postcard was published following the 3rd Ashes Test v England at Headingley in 1930, during which Bradman reached the record highest individual Test score of 334, passed 1000 runs in Test matches, passed 2000 first-class... View full lot details

The Ashes. W.G. Grace’s final Test match. England v Australia 1899. Very early and rare sepia real photograph postcard of the ‘England XI’ seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, assorted blazers and caps, the Trent Bridge stands and pavilion in the background. Printed title and players’ names to lower portion of the image. The photograph taken for the 1st Test, England v Australia, Trent Bridge 1st- 3rd June 1899. Players featured are Grace... View full lot details

The Ashes. England v Australia 1902. First Test match played at Edgbaston. Early sepia real photograph postcard of the England team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and caps, the Edgbaston pavilion in the background. Printed title ‘English Test Team’ and players’ names to lower portion of the image. The photograph taken for the 1st Test, Edgbaston 29th- 31st May 1902. Players featured are MacLaren (Captain), Fry, Jackson, Ranjitsinhji, Jessop, Hirst, Lilley, Lockwood,... View full lot details

England tour to Australia 1902/03. Two early original postcards of the England touring party seated and standing in rows wearing tour caps and blazers. One is a real photograph sepia postcard with printed title ‘Warner’s Ashes’ and players’ names to lower border. Photo by T. Bolland. J.B. & Co. series no. 288. The other is a mono postcard of the team by Bolland of Southall, signed in ink to the image by Arnold and Tyldesley.... View full lot details

The Ashes. M.C.C. tour to Australia 1903/04. Four Star Series mono postcards featuring members of the M.C.C. touring party. Cards feature Warner, Bosanquet & Foster (staining and pin holes), Tyldesley, Rhodes & Hirst (annotated to front ‘Ashes Team 1903-4’), Arnold, Relf, Fielder & Knight, and Strudwick, Hayward, Braund & Lilley. Two postally used. Faults to one as described, others in generally good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1903/04. Ten early original sepia real photograph postcards of English cricketers, each depicted full length at the wicket in various poses. Nine appear to be from the same (unknown) series with the player’s name printed to the lower margin. Players are P.F. Warner, R.E. Foster, Knight, A.A. Lilley, Hayward, J.T. Tyldesley, E. Arnold, B.J.T. Bosanquet and A.E. Relf. Sold with an excellent sepia real photograph postcard of W.G. Grace in batting... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia, 1903/04. Full set of fourteen mono postcards of the “Warner’s Team Series” published by John Walker & Co., London. Postcards are Warner (Captain), Arnold, Bosanquet, Braund, Fielder, Foster, Hayward, Hirst, Knight, Lilley, Relf, Rhodes, Strudwick and Tyldesley. Five are postally used, four with postmarks for 1904. Some light soiling and wear, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘The England XI in Australia 1904’. Early sepia real photograph postcard of the England team on board ship, with title and players names printed to lower border. Signed in black ink to the front by A.E. Relf, and to verso by Tom Hayward. Others featured include Warner (Captain), Foster, Tyldesley, Bosanquet, Lilley, Braund, Fielder, Hirst, Strudwick etc. Rotary Photographic Series. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

England Test teams 1905-1909. Five early mono/ sepia postcards of England teams of the period. Postcards/ teams are 1905 v Australia, printed postcard by Rosemont Photo, Leeds. Two similar of the team v South Africa 1907, one a real photograph postcard by J.J. Samuels, London, series no. J.S-96, the other printed, publisher unknown. A printed postcard titled ‘The English Eleven 1907-8’ for the tour to Australia, publisher unknown, horizontal crease. Plain back real photograph postcard... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to Australia 1907/08. A selection of fourteen colour postcards published by the Melbourne Sports Depot, Melbourne. One features a montage of the members of the touring party titled ‘The Visiting English Cricket Team 1907/08’, with twelve individual player postcards of Barnes, Blythe, Braund, Crawford, Fane, Fielder, Hayes, Hobbs, Humphries, Hutchings, Rhodes, and Young, also one of the manager, Major Philip Trevor. Twelve postally unused. Some wear and creasing to card extremities, otherwise in... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour to South Africa 1913/14. Six original mono postcards of members of the M.C.C. touring party. Each player is depicted full length, the majority wearing cricket attire, tour cap and blazer, with black outline set on a patterned background. Players are Booth, Woolley, Smith, Hearne, Rhodes and Mead. Publisher unknown. All postally unused. Good/ very good condition. A rarer series.... View full lot details

M.C.C./ England tours to Australia 1924/25-1936/37. Four mono/ sepia postcards of England touring teams of the period. Tours are 1924/25 printed card with printed Christmas greetings to verso. 1928/29 real photograph with printed title ‘The Team Who Brought Back The Ashes’, and another, slightly smaller real photograph postcard card titled ‘M.C.C. Australian Tour 1928-29’. 1932/33 ‘Bodyline’ real photograph postcard of the R.M.S. Orontes with cameos of the members of the touring party and facsimile signatures,... View full lot details

The Ashes. England v Australia 1930. Official mono real photograph postcard of the England team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted blazers. Printed title ‘First Test Team’ and players’ names to lower border. Players featured include Chapman (Captain), Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Hammond, Woolley, Hendren, Larwood, Tate, Duleepsinhji etc. Nice handwritten correspondence to verso, dated ‘London 3/7/30’ presumably to an addressee in Australia. ‘You would all be very delighted at home with the... View full lot details

The Ashes. M.C.C. tour to Australia 1936/37. Ten original sepia toned postcards of head and shoulders images of members of the M.C.C. touring party. Issued by Amalgamated Press in 1936, each card is printed to verso ‘This is a real photogravure portrait’ with biographical details of the featured player. Players are Allen (Captain), Robins, Hardstaff, Hammond, Worthington, Fishlock, Duckworth, Verity, Fagg and Leyland. All postally unused. Small stain to the Hardstaff card, minor wear to... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia 1954/55. Mono real photograph postcard of the Orient Line R.M.S. Orsova which took the team to Australia. Signed to card face by twenty members of the touring party including Hutton (Captain), Wardle, Graveney, Loader, Statham, May, Tyson, Edrich, Appleyard, Cowdrey, Simpson etc. Slight fading to the odd signature, otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of South Africa 1956/57. Rarer real photograph sepia postcard of the Union-Castle Line R.M.S. Edinburgh Castle which took the team to South Africa. Signed to card face by nineteen members of the touring party including May (Captain), Compton, Laker, Wardle, Statham, Brown, Evans, Cowdrey, Bailey, Lock etc. Good condition... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1907. Mono postcard of the South African touring party seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, blazers etc. Printed title and players’ names to lower edge. Postcard by F. Bustin of Bristol. Signed in pencil (two in ink) to verso by fourteen members of the touring party. Signatures are Sherwell (Captain), Nourse, Vogler, White, Smith, Sinclair, Schwarz, S.D. Snooke, Shalders, Kotze, Tancred, S.J. Snooke, Faulkner and Allsop (Manager). Some... View full lot details

South Africa tours to England 1907-1947. Seven mono/ sepia postcards of South Africa touring teams, each with players seated and standing in rows. Includes five real photograph postcards for the tours of 1907, 1912, 1929, 1935 and 1947, and two mono printed postcards of the 1907 and 1912 teams. Players featured include Sherwell, Tancred, Schwarz, Shalders, Nourse, Hathorn, Mitchell, Pegler, Taylor, Ward, Deane, Siedle, Ochse, Morkel, Christy, Cameron, Bell, Dalton, Viljoen, Melville, Rowan etc. Publishers... View full lot details

South Africa tour to England 1929. Sepia printed advertising postcard published by Jaeger of ‘The South Africa Team 1929 in Jaeger Shirts and Sweaters, Trousers, etc. specially supplied for the present tour’. Nicely signed in ink by seventeen members of the touring party. Signatures are Deane, Siedle, Mitchell, Quinn, Bell, Morkel, Christy, Ochse, Dalton, Vincent, Taylor, Catterall, Owen-Smith, van der Merwe, McMillan, Frielinghaus (Manager) and Frames (Secretary). Lacking one signature of Cameron. Photo by Hana,... View full lot details

Walter A. Shalders. Griqualand West, Cape Colony, Transvaal, London County & South Africa 1897-1907. ‘South African tour of England 1907’. Excellent real photograph sepia postcard of Shalders, full length, at the wicket in batting pose at Lord’s. E. Hawkins & Co, Brighton. Postally unused. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

South Africa. Roy McLean and Trevor Goddard 1950s. Two similar mono real photograph plain back postcards, one of R.L. McLean (Natal & South Africa 1949-1966), the other T.L. Goddard (Natal, North East Transvaal & South Africa 1955-1970), both depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Small handwritten name label laid to lower right corner of each. Publishers unknown. Appear to have been taken on the 1955 tour to England. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

West Indies tours to England 1906-1963. Seven mono/ sepia postcards of West Indies touring teams, each with players seated and standing in rows. Includes one mono printed postcard of the 1906 team and six real photograph postcards for the tours of 1928, 1933, 1939, 1950, 1957 and 1963. Players featured include Austin, Olliviere, Constantine, Challenor, Rae, Hoad, Nunes, Grant, Roach, Da Costa, Achong, Valentine, Headley, Weekes, Walcott, Ramadhin, Worrell, Sobers, Gibbs etc. Publishers include R.... View full lot details

West Indies tours to England 1923 & 1939. Sepia real photograph postcard of the 1923 West Indies touring party with printed title and players’ names to margins. Players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and include Austin (Captain), Nunes, Challenor, Pascal, Holt, Browne, Constantine etc. Raphael House, London. Very good condition. Sold with a rarer real photograph plain back postcard of the 1939 touring team. Players’ names neatly annotated in ink to verso,... View full lot details

Cecil Beaumont Williams. Barbados 1947-1957. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Williams, head and shoulders wearing suit and tie. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Williams. Annotation in ink to verso ‘Autographed September 1950’. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Very good condition.... View full lot details

New Zealand touring team postcards 1927-1973/74. Six postcards of New Zealand touring teams including five mono real photograph postcards for tours to England 1927, 1931, 1937, 1949 and 1958, and one colour postcard of the 1973/74 touring party to Australia. Players featured include Lowry, Dacre, Dempster, Merritt, Allcott, Kerr, Page, Weir, W. Hadlee, Lamason, Moloney, Wallace, Donnelly, Rabone, Reid, Sutcliffe, Alabaster, Playle, Meale, R. Hadlee, Coney, Morrison, Turner etc. Publishers include Topical, Angus Thomas, F.C.... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. mid 1930s. Two sepia real photograph plain back postcards of Derbyshire teams of the 1930s, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Players include Arthur Richardson, Stan Worthington, Tommy Mitchell, Alf and George Pope, Bill Copson etc. Both postcards with official stamps to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. 1904-1946. One early mono postcard of the Derbyshire team of 1904 by B.&H. of Derby. Postmarked 17th July 1905. Also two mono real photograph postcards, one of the 1935 team, publisher unknown, the other of the 1946 team with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players featured include Lawton, Ollivierre, Richardson, Lee, Elliott, Storer, Worthington, Alderman, Townsend, Copson, Carter, Fullwood, Rhodes, Gladwin etc. Good condition. Qty 3.... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. 1953 & 1954. Two mono real photograph plain back postcards of the Derbyshire teams of 1953 and 1954, both with printed title and players’ names, with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players featured include Willett (Captain), Carr, Dawkes, Gladwin, Revill, Kelly, Rhodes, Hamer, Jackson, Smith etc. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. 1955-1959. Three mono real photograph postcards (one plain back) of the Derbyshire teams of 1955, 1958 and 1959, all three with printed title and players’ names, each with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players featured include Carr (Captain), Gladwin, Dawkes, Revill, Jackson, Smith, Hamer, Lee, Kelly, Wyatt, Berry, Rhodes etc. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Donald Bryce Carr. Derbyshire, Oxford University & England 1946-1963. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Carr, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph, ‘D.B. Carr’. Typed title ‘D.B. Carr, Oxford University’. Good condition.... View full lot details

David John Green. Derbyshire & Cambridge University 1953-1960. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Green entering the field of play for Cambridge University followed by Roger Prideaux. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph, ‘David Green’. Typed title ‘D.J. Green, Cambridge University’. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. Don Wilson & John Hampshire. Two mono real photograph plain back postcards, one of Wilson (Yorkshire & England 1957-1974), the other John Hampshire (Yorkshire, Tasmania, Leicestershire, Derbyshire & England 1961-1984). Both players depicted head and shoulders wearing Yorkshire sweater and signed in black ink to the fronts by the respective player. The Wilson postcard publisher unknown. The Hampshire postcard with faint typed title to front and, to verso, official stamp for The Yorkshire... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. Two postcards and one collectors’ card of Derbyshire players. Includes an early sepia real photograph postcard of Archie Slater (Derbyshire 1911-1931), standing full length at the wicket holding a ball. Titled ‘A.G. Slater, Pro. Bacup Cricket Club’. Photo by ‘Lord’. Sold with a mono collector’s card of Bob Taylor, signed by Taylor, and a plain back mono real photograph postcard of an unidentified player. All postally unused. Good condition. Qty 3.... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. Arthur Morton (Derbyshire 1903-1926) and Charles Standish Elliott (Derbyshire 1932-1953). Two mono real photograph postcards, one of Morton standing full length in cricket attire, pipe in mouth, in front of a rustic pavilion (publisher unknown), the other of Elliott, head and shoulders wearing a blazer, with official stamp to verso for Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Some silvering to the Morton postcard, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. Alfred Vardy Pope (Derbyshire 1930-1939) and Arthur Frederick Townsend (Derbyshire 1934-1950). Two mono candid style real photograph postcards. One depicts Pope signing autographs for boys, the other Townsend entering the field of play with handwritten inscription to verso describing the photograph being taken at Eastbourne in 1939. Each postcard nicely signed in black ink by the featured player. The original photographs somewhat out of focus, adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. Edwin Smith (Derbyshire 1951-1971) and Frederick Eric Marsh (Derbyshire 1946-1949). Two mono real photograph postcards. One depicts Smith standing full length in cricket attire, leaning on a bat, the other a plain back studio portrait postcard of Marsh, head and shoulders, wearing cap and blazer with faint date stamp to verso for 1938(?). Publishers unknown. The Marsh postcard with some wear to corners and creasing, the Smith postcard in very good condition. Qty... View full lot details

Derbyshire C.C.C. 1950s-1970s. Six similar real photograph player portrait postcards of Derbyshire players, each depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Players include George Owen Dawkes (Leicestershire & Derbyshire 1937-1961), signed to the lower border by Dawkes. Alan Chambers Revill (Derbyshire & Leicestershire 1946-1960) with scribbled name annotated to lower border. Lawrence George Rowe (Jamaica, Derbyshire & West Indies 1968-1982). Ian Ray Buxton (Derbyshire 1959-1973) etc. Some minor wear and creasing to the odd postcard,... View full lot details

Thomas Carter ‘Dickie’ Dodds. Essex 1946-1959. Mono real photograph postcard of Dodds, half length wearing Essex sweater and cricket attire. Signed in ink to the photograph ‘Dickie Dodds’. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Alfred Victor ‘Sonny’ Avery. Essex 1935-1954. Mono real photograph candid style plain back postcard of Avery standing three quarter length in cricket attire. Signed in blue ink to the photograph ‘S. Avery’. Photographer unknown. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

John Hopkins & Alan Wilkins, Glamorgan. Two mono real photograph plain back postcards of John Anthony Hopkins (Glamorgan & Eastern Province 1970-1988) and Alan Haydn Wilkins (Glamorgan, Gloucestershire & Northern Transvaal 1976-1983), both head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Both signed in black ink to the photograph by the featured player. Official stamps to verso for Bill Smith, Stanmore. Typed title to lower edges. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Solanky and Rodney Ontong, Glamorgan. Two mono real photograph plain back postcards of John William Solanky. Glamorgan 1972-1976 and Rodney Craig Ontong. Border, Glamorgan, Transvaal etc. 1972-1995, both head and shoulders wearing cricket attire, signed in black ink to the photograph by the featured player. Official stamp to verso of the Solanky card for Bill Smith, Stanmore, the other similar. Typed title to lower edges. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Donald John ‘Don’ Ward. Glamorgan 1954-1962. Mono real photograph postcard of Ward, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue biro to the photograph ‘Best wishes, Don Ward’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Minor mount indentations to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Peter Michael Walker. Glamorgan & England 1956-1972. Mono real photograph postcard of Walker, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue biro to the photograph ‘Peter Walker’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Minor mount indentations to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Gloucestershire C.C.C. c.1907. Early sepia real photograph postcard of the Gloucestershire team seated and standing in rows wearing assorted blazers and caps. Title to lower edge ‘Gloucestershire [sic] Trial Match at Moreton. The Gloucester [sic] County Team’. Signed in pencil to the verso by thirteen players. Signatures include regular County players Gilbert Jessop, Percy Mills, Alfred Dipper, Charlie Parker, Henry Huggins, Edward Spry, Thomas Langdon, George Dennett, Edgar Thomas, Alec Whinstone and three others, William... View full lot details

Gloucestershire C.C.C. 1905-1946. Three mono/ sepia postcards of Gloucestershire teams. One, a mono printed postcard, titled ‘Gloucestershire Cricket Eleven’, postmarked 1905, published by Clarke of Gloucester. The others are real photographs, one of the 1929 team by Cheltenham Chronicle, postally unused, and 1946 with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, names annotated in ink to front and to verso. Players featured include Jessop, Dennett, Board, Wrathall, Lyon, Hammond, Goddard, Allen,... View full lot details

Gloucestershire C.C.C. 1948 & 1949. Two mono plain back postcards of the Gloucestershire teams of 1948 and 1949, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Printed title and players’ names to lower border. Both with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players include Allen, Goddard, Emmett, Graveney, Wilcox, Cranfield, Lambert, Milton, Crapp, Wilson etc. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Gloucestershire C.C.C. 1952 & 1954. Two mono plain back postcards of the Gloucestershire teams of 1952 and 1954, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Printed title and players’ names to lower border. Both with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players include Bailey, Emmett, Lambert, Wilson, Crapp, Milton, Cook, Mortimore, Young, Wells etc. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Harry Smith. Gloucestershire & England 1912-1935. Original mono real photograph postcard of Smith standing full length wearing cricket attire and Gloucestershire blazer, hands on hips. Signed in ink by Smith. Blind embossed stamp for Nias of Brighton to lower left corner. Postally unused. A nice image. Some adhesive marks to corners on the verso otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

William Gilbert Grace. Gloucestershire & England 1865-1908. Rare and early mono real photograph postcard of Grace standing full length on the outfield at Trent Bridge, wearing batting attire and M.C.C. hooped cap, leaning on his bat. Very nicely signed in black ink by Grace to lower border. Hartmann series no. 1388. The postcard is postmarked ‘Sydenham 18th July 1904’ close to Crystal Palace where Grace was playing for London County v M.C.C., in which he... View full lot details

John George William Thomas Bessant. Gloucestershire 1921-1928. Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade card of Bessant, half length in cricket attire. No. 189.C. Incorrectly titled ‘Bessant, Gloucester’. 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Thomas William ‘Tom’ Graveney. Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Queensland & England 1948-1972. Mono real photograph postcard of Graveney, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue biro to the photograph ‘Best wishes, Tom Graveney’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Derek Graham Hawkins. Gloucestershire 1952-1962. Mono real photograph postcard of Hawkins, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph ‘D.G. Hawkins’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Cecil ‘Sam’ Cook. Gloucestershire & England 1946-1964. Mono real photograph postcard of Cook, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph ‘C. Cook’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Some staining otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Anthony Stephen ‘Tony’ Brown. Gloucestershire 1953-1976. Mono real photograph postcard of Brown, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph ‘Tony Brown’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Dennis George A’Court. Gloucestershire 1960-1963. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of A’Court, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the lower margin ‘D. A’Court’, printed title below. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Minor creasing to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Martin Jeffery Vernon. Middlesex & Gloucestershire 1974-1976. Rarer mono real photograph plain back postcard of Vernon, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Signed in black ink to the lower margin ‘Martin Vernon’, typed title below. Photograph by Bill Smith, Stanmore. Postally unused. Minor mount indentations to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

David Robert Smith. Gloucestershire & England 1956-1970. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Smith, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the lower margin ‘D.R. Smith’. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Geoffrey ‘Geoff’ Pullar. Lancashire, Gloucestershire & England 1954-1969. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Pullar, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the lower margin ‘Geoff Pullar’, typed title below. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Roy Swetman. Surrey, Nottinghamshire, Gloucestershire & England 1954-1974. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Smith, three quarter length, walking on to the pitch donning his wicket-keeping gloves. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph ‘R. Swetman’, typed title below. Photograph by C. Goodman, Newmarket. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1912. Mono real photograph postcard of the Hampshire team, taken at Bournemouth, for the match Hampshire v Warwickshire, 29th to 31st August 1912. Bournemouth View Co Ltd. A rarer postcard. G/VG... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1914. Mono real photograph postcard of the Hampshire team, taken at Bournemouth, believed to be the team for the matches v Lancashire, Essex and Kent, 24th August to 2nd September 1914. Bournemouth View Co Ltd. A rarer postcard. G/VG... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1912. Early original mono postcard of the Hampshire team that beat the touring Australians at Southampton, 22nd- 24th July 1912, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, blazers and caps, spectators in the background. Players include Sprot, Fry, Bignell, Barrett, Jephson, Stone, Newman, Brown, Mead, Bowell, Kennedy etc. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1955. Two original mono real photograph postcards of the Hampshire team of the 1955 season, both with players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. One with printed title ‘Hampshire 1955. The Record Season. 3rd in Championship (210 points)’, publisher unknown, postally unused. The other is a plain back postcard, printed title and players’ names to lower border, with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players include... View full lot details

Alban Charles Phidias Arnold. Cambridge University & Hampshire 1912-1914. Sepia real photograph postcard of Arnold standing on the steps of a pavilion wearing batting attire, bat under his arm. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Arnold. Publisher unknown. Small adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in very good condition. Sold with two real photograph postcards of Hampshire batsmen in the nets, with handwritten names to lower border. One features E.R. Remnant (Hampshire... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. Two original mono real photograph plain back postcards, one of Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie (Hampshire 1951-1965) walking out to bat, the other a head and shoulders player portrait of Robert Cottam (Hampshire, Northamptonshire & England 1963-1976). Both signed in blue biro to the lower margin by the featured player. Publishers unknown. Sold with an earlier mono real photograph plain back postcard of John Drennan Eggar (Oxford University, Hampshire & Derbyshire 1938-1954), head and shoulders wearing... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. Four similar player portrait real photograph plain back postcards. Players featured are Arthur George Holt (Hampshire 1935-1948), Victor Henry Douglas Cannings (Warwickshire & Hampshire 1947-1950), both signed to the front by the featured player, Derek Shackleton (Hampshire & England 1948-1969) and Peter James Sainsbury (Hampshire 1954-1976). Publishers unknown. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. Two player portrait real photograph postcards published by Sporting Handbooks, London, with player’s name printed to lower border. Players featured are Leo Harrison (Hampshire 1939-1966), signed by Harrison to the lower border (fading to signature), and James Roy Gray (Hampshire 1948-1966). Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. Three player portrait real photograph postcards published by Sporting Handbooks, London, with player’s name printed to lower border. Players featured are Roy Edwin Marshall (Barbados, Hampshire & West Indies 1945-1972), Alan Robert Wassell (Hampshire 1957-1966), and Bernard Reginald Stanhope Harrison (Hampshire 1957-1962, 14 matches). Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Dennis Oliver Baldry. Middlesex & Hampshire 1953-1962. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Baldry, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black biro by Baldry. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1920s. Three original mono real photograph postcards of Hampshire batsmen. One depicts W.H. Livsey and W.R. Shirley standing together leaning on their bats, annotated in pencil to verso for the match v Surrey, 25th- 27th July 1923 at Bournemouth (Bailey of Bournemouth), another of H.V.L. Day and C.P. Mead walking out to bat, date and publisher unknown. The other depicts R. Aird in batting pose, publisher unknown. All postally unused. Creasing to one... View full lot details

Frank Edward Woolley. Kent & England 1906-1938. Original mono real photograph postcard of Woolley depicted head and shoulders in cameo wearing cricket attire and England touring cap. Signed in ink below the image by Woolley. Thin paper strip attached to lower border with Woolley’s name, county and date of birth printed to it. The postcard appears to be by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich but has at some point been laid down to card... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. Four mono printed postcards, by Mockford of Tonbridge, of individual players. The players are William J. Fairservice. Kent 1929-1933, Frederick Henry Huish. Kent 1895-1914, James Seymour. Kent 1902-1926 and Edward Humphreys. Kent 1899-1920. Each nicely signed in ink by the player featured. Each postcard with adhesive marks to back, some heavier than others, two of the postcard backs have additional signatures to the backs including Ken Trestrail (West Indies and Canada), R.N. Quintrell,... View full lot details

Walter Hearne. Kent 1887-1896. Mono printed postcard of ‘Captain Marsham. Kent C.C.C.’ The postcard sent by Walter Hearne to an address in Ashford on the 22nd May 1908. The card with message in Hearnes hand writing ‘Dear Sir, I expect to be at home on Thursday and Friday next, if not Mr Murrin[?], (my partner) will be, and we shall be pleased to supply you with anything you may require’. Signed ‘I am yours truly,... View full lot details

Kent C.C.C. c.1904. Four Star Series mono postcards featuring members of the Kent team. Cards feature Marsham, Mason & Burnup, Huish, Seymour & Fairservice, Hearne, Day & Dillon, and Blythe, Fielder & Humphreys. One postmarked 1904, others postally unused. Some staining and light wear, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

David Michael Sayer. Kent & Oxford University 1955-1976. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Sayer, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to lower margin, ‘D.M. Sayer’. Typed title ‘D.M. Sayer, Oxford University’. Good condition.... View full lot details

John Frederick Pretlove. Cambridge University & Kent 1954-1968. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Pretlove, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the lower margin, ‘Sincerely, John Pretlove’. Typed title ‘J.F. Pretlove, Cambridge University’. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Alan Leonard Dixon. Kent & M.C.C. 1950-1974. Mono real photograph real photograph postcard of Dixon standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph ‘Best Wishes, Alan Dixon’. Printed title ‘A. Dixon, Kent’. J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Henry Benson ‘Harry’ Birrell. Eastern Province, Oxford University & Rhodesia 1947-1960. Mono real photograph postcard of Birrell standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph ‘H.B. Birrell’. Printed title ‘H.B. Birrell, Kent’. J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Minor wear to one corner, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Henry Anthony ‘Tony’ Pawson. Kent & Oxford University 1946-1953. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Pawson standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire and Oxford University blazer. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph ‘H.A. Pawson’. Printed title ‘H.A. Pawson, Kent’. B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1909 & 1921. Two original mono/ sepia postcards of Lancashire teams seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, both with players’ names printed to lower border. The 1909 postcard features MacLaren (Captain), Hornby, J.T. Tyldesley, Poidevin, Kermode, Huddleston, Makepeace etc. Rival Photographic series no. 1601. The 1921 players include E., R. and J. Tyldesley, Cook, Hallows, Blomley, Dean etc. also M.C. Bird (Lancashire, Surrey & England 1907-1921). W.H.S. & S.M. series. Both... View full lot details

‘The Smile of Satisfaction. The Lancashire County Cricket Team wearing the Storanco “Super” Sports Shirt’ c.1930. Unusual original sepia real photograph advertising postcard with printed title, photograph of the Lancashire team and printed endorsement and facsimile signatures of the players below. Sold with two sepia real photograph postcards, one of a youthful George Duckworth in wicket-keeping pose, dated to verso 1932, the other of Walter Brearley standing with A.C. MacLaren on the steps of the... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1904-1908. Four early original mono postcards (one real photograph) of Lancashire teams seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and blazers, all with printed titles and players’ names to lower margin. Two postcards feature identical images of the 1904 team, but with slightly different printed titles, ‘Lancashire’ and ‘Lancashire County XI., Champions’. Photo by R. Scott & Co., Manchester. Others are the 1905 team by D. F. & Co. Series, and the... View full lot details

John Brian Statham. Lancashire & England 1950-1968. Mono real photograph postcard of Statham, half length in M.C.C. blazer. Signed to lower border by Statham. Cheshire Studio’s series. Some creasing to card. Sold with ‘Glory Lightly Worn, a tribute to Brian Statham’ 2001, signed by author Malcolm Lorimer. Qty 2... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [B.] Blomley (Lancashire 1903-1922), head and shoulders wearing cap and blazer, no. 151.C and M.N. Kenyon (Lancashire 1919-1925) in batting pose, no. 123.C. Each 4”x6”. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Thomas Tyldesley. Lancashire & England 1895-1923. Early original mono postcard of Tyldesley standing full length in batting pose at the wicket, wearing Lancashire cap. Nicely signed in black ink to lower margin ‘J.T. Tyldesley’. Wrench Series no. 1387 c.1903. Postally unused. Good/very good condition.... View full lot details

Cyril Washbrook. Lancashire & England 1933-1959. Mono real photograph candid style plain back postcard of Washbrook depicted walking purposefully on the outfield wearing an England blazer. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Washbrook. Annotation in pencil to verso, ‘Taken on Aug 23rd 1947 at Eastbourne. Signed on July 11th 1956 at Leeds’. Slight uneven trimming, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1960s/1970s. A selection of six official Club issue photocards and postcards of Lancashire players including five signed. Signatures are Farokh Engineer (2 different), Clive Lloyd, Jack Bond and David Lloyd. One unsigned of Graham Atkinson. Odd minor faults, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. 1970s. Seven official mono Club issue photocards of Lancashire players, each signed by the featured player. Signatures are Farokh Engineer, David Lloyd, Peter Lever, Ken Shuttleworth, David Hughes, Clive Lloyd and Frank Hayes. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Lancashire C.C.C. c.1980. A selection of seventeen official Club issue mono photocards of Lancashire players with red rose emblems and borders. Thirteen cards are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Bernard Reidy, Ian Cockbain, John Abrahams, Kevin Hayes, Steven O’Shaughnessy, Harry Pilling, Willie Hogg, David Hughes, David Lloyd, Graeme Fowler, Peter Lee, Andrew Kennedy and Paul Allott. Others unsigned are Michael Holding, Roger Watson, Mark Wallwork and Clive Lloyd. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Sharp. Lancashire & England 1899-1925. Three mono postcards of Sharp, of which two are near identical versions of Sharp in batting pose, one a real photograph, from an original by Foster of Brighton, both published by W.H.S.& S. The other depicts Sharp standing at the wicket leaning on his bat, publisher unknown. The real photograph postally unused and in very good condition. Others with some wear.... View full lot details

Albert Henry Hornby. Cambridge & Lancashire 1898-1914. Two sepia real photographs of Hornby in batting poses. One photo by W. Smith, Didsbury, the other Hawkins & Co., Brighton. Sold with a mono postcard of Hornby, full length in cricket attire. All three published by W.H.S. & S. One postmarked 1912, others postally unused. Minor wear and creasing, otherwise in good condition. Qty 3.... View full lot details

Sydney Francis Barnes. Warwickshire, Lancashire, Wales & England 1894-1930. Two mono postcards of Barnes, one in batting pose with printed title ‘Sid. F. Barnes, McLaren’s Anglo-Australian XI, 1901-2. Staffs County C.C. & Porthill C.C.’, the other in bowling pose similarly titled with additional printed caption ‘Knypersley v. Porthill, May 21, 1907’. Both by Warwick Savage, Burslem. The batting postcard postmarked 1910, the other postally unused. Crease to the bowling postcard, staple marks to the batting... View full lot details

John Thomas Tyldesley. Lancashire & England 1895-1923. Five mono postcards relating to J.T. Tyldesley. Subjects and series are Tyldesley’s birthplace at Roe Green, Worsley, ‘Souvenir Tyldesley’s Benefit 1906’, in batting pose (all W.H.S. & S. Grosvenor Series ‘M’ and postally unused), another in batting pose by H. Lindley & Co. postmarked 1906, and one standing full length in striped blazer by P.H. Hunt, postmark date unknown. Some wear, overall in good condition.... View full lot details

John Thomas Tyldesley. Lancashire & England 1895-1923. Early original mono postcard of Tyldesley standing full length wearing cricket attire and Lancashire cap, in batting pose at the wicket. Very nicely signed in black ink ‘J.T. Tyldesley’ to the image. Printed title ‘J.T. Tyldesley’. Wrench series no. 1387. Postally unused. Trimmed to top edge, minor soiling and light creasing, adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. 1950-1952. Three original mono real photograph plain back postcards of Leicestershire teams for seasons 1950, 1951 & 1952, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. All postcards with printed title and players’ names to lower border, and official stamps to verso for Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players include Palmer (Captain), Jackson, Prentice, Berry, Corrall, Lester, Munden, Goodwin, Sperry, Tompkin etc. Excellent condition.... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. 1953-1956. Four original mono real photograph plain back postcards of Leicestershire teams for seasons 1953, 1954, 1955 & 1956, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. All postcards with printed title and players’ names to lower border, and official stamps to verso for Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players include Lester, Walsh, Tompkin, Jackson, Walsh, Munden, Goodwin, Firth, Boshier, Smith, Hallam, Palmer, van Geloven etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. 1957-1960. Four original mono real photograph postcards of Leicestershire teams for seasons 1957, 1958, 1959 & 1960, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. All postcards with printed title and players’ names to lower border. Albert Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Players include Palmer, Diment, Hallam, Firth, Lester, Boshier, van Geloven, Spencer, Revill, Goodwin, Watson, Savage, Julian, Bird, Munden etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. c.1905-1908. Three early original postcards of Leicestershire teams including real photograph postcards of players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire, one Dainty Series c.1905, the other Davidson Brothers Series no. 4038, dated 1908. Both postally unused. The other is a mono printed postcard of a montage of players, ‘The Leicestershire Cricket Team’ with printed names to lower border. Scott Series no. 665. Postmarked 1905. Players include de Trafford, V.F.S. & R.T.... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. c.1920. Original mono real photograph postcard of members of the Leicestershire team practising on the outfield at Grace Road (?), with a sweeping grandstand in the background. Baxter’s Photo Series, Hinckley. Minor creasing and wear to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. 1975. Thirteen original mono Club issue player portrait plain back postcards of Leicestershire players, each signed to the front by the featured player. Signatures are Graham McKenzie, Jack Birkenshaw, Norman McVicker, Ray Illingworth, Ken Higgs, Jeffrey Tolchard, Paddy Clift, Brian Davison, Roger Tolchard, John Steele, Chris Balderstone, Mick Norman and Barry Dudleston. Photographs by Neville Chadwick Photography. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Leicestershire C.C.C. 1980s. Ten original mono Club issue player portrait plain back postcards/ photographs of Leicestershire players, mainly 1980s. Six are signed to the front by the featured player. Signatures are Peter Willey, David Gower, Les Taylor, George Ferris, Chris Balderstone and Nick Cook. Others unsigned are Brian Booth, Paul Munden, Nigel Briers and Paddy Clift. Photographers include Neville Chadwick, David Munden, Universal Pictorial etc. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Victor Edward ‘Vic’ Jackson. New South Wales & Leicestershire 1936-1956. Original mono candid style plain back postcard of Jackson standing full length wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed to front and back in ink by Jackson. Publisher unknown. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Jack Birkenshaw. Yorkshire, Leicestershire, Worcestershire & England 1958-1981. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Birkenshaw, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Birkenshaw. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, date stamped 23rd August 1960. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Gerald Arthur Smithson. Yorkshire, Leicestershire & England 1946-1956. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Smithson, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Signed in blue biro to the photograph by Smithson. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, date stamped 25th May 1951. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Maurice Raymond Hallam. Leicestershire 1950-1970. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Hallam, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Signed in blue biro to the photograph by Hallam. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, date stamped 25th June 1952. Very good condition.... View full lot details

George Geary. Leicestershire & England 1912-1938. Excellent sepia real photograph postcard of Geary standing full length wearing cricket attire and cap. Signed in black ink to the photograph by Geary with handwritten dedication ‘Good luck John’. Nias of Brighton. Postally unused. Slight spidering to the signature, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

John Thomas Hearne. Middlesex & England 1888-1923. Excellent sepia real photograph postcard of Hearne, standing full length at the wicket in cricket attire, ball in hand. Very nicely signed in black ink ‘J.T. Hearne’ to the image. Printed title ‘J.T. Hearne (Middlesex)’. Hartmann series no. 1658. Postally unused. Minor silvering and light soiling, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Elias Henry ‘Patsy’ Hendren. Middlesex & England 1907-1937. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Hendren walking off the field, cap in hand, while on tour in the West Indies, date unknown. Boldly signed in black ink to the photograph ‘E. Patsy Hendren’. Official stamp to verso ‘Print by Pereira’ of Trinidad. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Elias Henry ‘Patsy’ Hendren. Middlesex C.C.C., Brentford F.C. & England. Sepia postcard of Hendren in both cricket attire and football attire. Nicely signed to face by Hendren in ink. Printed titles to lower border. Published by Wakefields, Ealing. Postally unused. Good condition.... View full lot details

Middlesex C.C.C. 1950s. Three individual player portrait postcards of Jack Robertson, John Murray, and Fred Titmus, each depicted head and shoulders. All three postcards with printed name and county to lower border. Signed in ink by each featured player. Sporting Handbooks Ltd. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Nottingham XI’ c.1905. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of the Nottinghamshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Players featured include A.O. Jones (Captain), Oates, Iremonger, Hardstaff, Gunn etc. Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, small adhesive mount marks to verso, otherwise a nice image in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Notts. County Cricket Team. The Champions of 1907’ c.1908. Mono oversize postcard of the Nottinghamshire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire and assorted caps and blazers. Published by J. Godden, Nottingham, ‘Sport Series No. 3’ in a series of twelve. Printed title and players’ names to borders. Players featured include Jones (Captain), Iremonger, J. Gunn, Payton, Hardstaff, G. Gunn, Alletson, Oates etc. 6.25”x4.75”. Sold with a mono postcard of the team c.1905... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1946-1948. Three original mono real photograph plain back postcards of Nottinghamshire teams of the 1940s, the players seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Seasons are 1946, 1947 and 1948 with printed titles. The 1946 with official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich with typed players’ name label. The 1947 with official stamp to verso for Van Ralty, Nottingham. The 1948 publisher unknown, signed in ink to verso... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1921-1928. Three mono/ sepia real photograph postcards of Nottinghamshire teams, the players seated and standing in rows wearing caps and blazers. Teams are 1921, 1926 (both Douglas Studios, postally unused) and 1928 (publisher unknown). The 1928 postcard addressed from A.W. Shelton to Charles Pratt-Green, postmarked 28th June 1928, written ‘from Trent Bridge during rain!’ when Nottinghamshire were playing Worcestershire (match drawn). Players featured include Carr (Captain), Gunn, Whysall, Lilley, Keeton, A. & S.... View full lot details

Arthur Bradley Wheat. Nottinghamshire 1927-1939. Sepia real photograph postcard of Wheat depicted seated wearing Nottinghamshire cap and blazer. Printed title ‘Wheat. C.H.R.’. C.H. Richards, Nottingham. Postally unused. Very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. Professionals 1924. Sepia real photograph postcard of six Nottinghamshire professionals in informal pose, wearing cricket attire, caps and blazers. Players appear to include Barratt, Payton, Staples, Whysall, Walker etc. Photograph taken at Dover. Publisher unknown. Minor silvering otherwise in very good condition... View full lot details

William Henry ‘Bill’ Lockwood. Nottinghamshire, Surrey & England 1886-1904. Mono real photograph postcard of Lockwood, head and shoulders in cap and blazer. Nicely signed in black ink, ‘Yours truly, W.H. Lockwood’. Printed title ‘W.H. Lockwood’. Rotary series no. 3803. Postally unused. Some silvering and minor staining to image extremities, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Rare.... View full lot details

‘Notts County Cricketers 1924’. Unusual mono real photograph postcard with captain A.W. Carr in oval to centre surrounded by cameo roundels of twelve other Nottinghamshire players, each with name printed below. Players are J. Gunn, Oates, Richmond, Matthews, Iremonger (Coach), Whysall, G. Gunn, Payton, Flint, Barratt, Staples and Hardstaff. Published by Douglas Studios. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Norman Wilfred Hill. Nottinghamshire 1953-1968. Mono real photograph postcard of Hill, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in blue biro to lower margin ‘Norman Hill’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Denis Springall. Nottinghamshire 1955-1963. Mono real photograph postcard of Springall, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and blazer. Signed in blue biro ‘With best wishes, John Springall’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Geoffrey ‘Geoff’ Millman. Nottinghamshire & England 1957-1965. Mono real photograph postcard of Millman, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the lower margin ‘Best wishes, Geoff Millman’. Sporting Handbooks Ltd., London. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Willis Walker. Nottinghamshire 1913-1937. Original sepia real photograph postcard of Walker standing full length wearing Nottinghamshire blazer. Signed in black ink to the photograph ‘Yours sincerely, W. Walker’. Publisher unknown. The postcard has been partially laid to a small trimmed card. Slight uneven trimming, staining to verso, some age toning, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Arthur William Carr. Nottinghamshire & England 1910-1934. Original sepia real photograph postcard of Carr standing full length wearing M.C.C. touring blazer. Signed in black ink to the photograph ‘A.W. Carr’. Publisher unknown. Minor wear to corners, some silvering, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. player postcards c.1930. Ten original sepia real photograph postcards of Nottinghamshire players, each depicted seated wearing Nottinghamshire blazer and/ or cap, one signed. All by C.H. Richards of Nottingham. Players are William Whysall, Charles Harris, Joe Hardstaff Jnr., George Gunn Snr., Wilfred R.D. Payton, Harold Larwood, Arthur Carr, Frank Woodhead, Ben Lilley (signed in ink by Lilley), and Willis Walker. Players’ names printed to fronts. All postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Nottinghamshire C.C.C. John Kelly (Nottinghamshire 1953-1957) and Harold James Butler (Nottinghamshire 1933-1954). Two mono real photograph plain back postcards, each player depicted head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Both postcards with official stamps for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, the Kelly postcard date stamped 24th July 1953. Very good condition. Qty 2.... View full lot details

John Richmond Gunn. Nottinghamshire, London County & England 1896-1925. Early original mono postcard of Gunn standing full length wearing cricket attire and Nottinghamshire cap in bowling pose at the wicket. Nicely signed in black ink ‘Yours faithfully John Gunn’ to the image. Printed title ‘John Gunn’. Wrench series no. 1691. Postmarked 18th May 1906. Small creases to corners, soiling and age toning, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Somerset C.C.C. 1905. Early sepia real photograph postcard of the Somerset team for the match v Sussex at Hove, 15th- 17th June 1905, the players seated and standing in rows wearing assorted blazers and headgear. Players are Woods (Captain), Lewis, Newton, Dunlop, Braund, Sellick, Brown, Lee, Poyntz, Martin and Cranfield. Sussex won by two wickets. Foster of Brighton. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Dennis Brian Close. Yorkshire, Somerset & England 1949-1977. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of a youthful Close, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Close. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Lionel Charles Hamilton Palairet. Oxford University, Somerset & England 1890-1909. Mono postcard of Palairet in batting pose at the wicket. Beautifully signed in black ink to the lower margin ‘Lionel C.H. Palairet’. Printed title ‘Mr. L.C.H. Palairet’. Wrench series no. 2935. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs. Surrey & England, 1905-1934. Attractive mono real photograph postcard of Hobbs, full length, in cricket attire wearing M.C.C. touring cap. Very nicely signed in ink by Hobbs. Postally unused. The signature on the postcard was obtained by J.B. Hall (Nottinghamshire C.C.C. 1935-1946). Sold with a letter to this effect from his Grandson. The postcard is displayed in the photographers folding card cover and has his name printed to front J.R. Broad,... View full lot details

John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs, Surrey & England 1905-1934. Sepia real photograph postcard of Hobbs standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire and cap, leaning on his bat. Nicely signed by Hobbs in black ink to the photograph and dated ‘1925’. To the verso, a handwritten message from Hobbs thanking the correspondent for ‘your congratulations & lines of August 22nd. Believe me, your kind thoughts are much appreciated’. Signed by Hobbs and dated 18th November 1925.... View full lot details

Thomas ‘Tom’ Richardson. Surrey, Somerset & England 1892-1905. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Richardson standing full length at the wicket, wearing cricket attire, Surrey cap and holding a ball. Very nicely signed in black ink to the image by Richardson. Printed title ‘T. Richardson’. Hartmann R. Thiele series no. 7414. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Lord Dalmeny. Middlesex & Surrey 1902-1908. Early original advertising trade card from c.1905 in the form of a cricket ball issued by ‘The Sportsman’ newspaper. The front features a red ball with title ‘For best reports of all matches read The Sportsman’ and, to the verso, a head and shoulders mono image of Lord Dalmeny wearing Surrey cap from a photo by Foster of Brighton, titled ‘The Sportsman Cricket Celebrities. Lord Dalmeny’. 3” diameter. Minor... View full lot details

Surrey C.C.C. Two Godfrey Phillips ‘Pinnace’ premium issue cabinet size mono real photograph plain back trade cards of [J.]W. Hitch (Surrey & England 1907-1925), half length wearing M.C.C. touring blazer, no. 18.C, and [H.]A. Peach (Surrey 1919-1931) in batting pose, no. 22.C. Each 4”x6”. Minor silvering to the Hitch card with adhesive marks to verso, light vertical crease to the Peach card, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Peter James Loader. Surrey & England 1951-1963. Mono real photograph postcard of Loader, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Signed in blue ink to the photograph ‘Peter Loader’. Printed title to lower border, ‘P.J. Loader’. F.C. Dick, Oval Bookstall. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Walter Stuart Surridge. Surrey 1947-1960. Mono real photograph postcard of Surridge, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Signed in blue ink to the photograph ‘Best wishes, W. Stuart Surridge’. Printed title to lower border, ‘W.S. Surridge’. F.C. Dick, Oval Bookstall. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs. Surrey & England 1905-1934. ‘I always use Waterman’s’. Two different Jack Hobbs advertising postcards for Waterman’s Pens, both signed in blue ink to the front by Hobbs. Postally unused. Good condition.... View full lot details

Herbert Alan Peach. Surrey 1919-1931. Original mono real photograph postcard of Peach standing three quarter length in the doorway of a pavilion, wearing cricket attire and Surrey blazer. Signed in black ink to the photograph ‘Best wishes, A. Peach’. Appears to be by H. Walker of Scarborough. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Walter Scott Lees. Surrey, London County & England 1896-1911. Early original mono postcard of Lees standing full length wearing cricket attire and Surrey cap in bowling pose at the wicket. Nicely signed in black ink ‘Yours sincerely W. Lees’ to the image. Printed title ‘W. Lees (Surrey)’. Wrench series no. 617. Postmarked 6th July 1906. Loss to lower left corner, abrasion marks affecting the face of Lees, some soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Sussex 1952. Mono real photograph plain back candid style postcard of the Sussex team entering the field of play from the pavilion with spectators looking on, for the match v Lancashire at Blackpool, 6th- 8th August 1952. The photograph signed in ink and biro by nine Sussex players. Signatures are James Langridge, John Langridge, Marlar, Suttle, Thomson, Oakman, Doggart, Webb and Oakes. The match was drawn. Publisher unknown. Very good condition.... View full lot details

George Cox Junior. Sussex 1931-1961. Mono real photograph postcard of Cox, three quarter length, wearing Sussex cap and blazer. Very nicely signed in black ink ‘George Cox’. Printed title ‘Geo Cox Jnr’. Deane, Wiles & Millar of Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Albert Frederick ‘Bert’ Wensley. Sussex, Auckland, Nawangar & Europeans 1922-1948. Mono real photograph postcard of Wensley standing full length wearing cricket attire and Sussex blazer. Nicely signed in ink by Wensley. Nias of Brighton. Postally unused. Some adhesive marks to corners on the verso otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Albert Edward Relf. Sussex, Auckland & England 1900-1921. Early original mono postcard of Relf standing full length at the crease in batting pose wearing Sussex cap. The postcard nicely signed in black ink to the lower margin by Relf. Wrench Series no. 1690 c.1903. Postally unused. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Henry Ridgen ‘Harry’ Butt. Sussex & England 1890-1912. Early original mono postcard of Butt standing full length in wicket-keeping pose at the wicket, wearing Sussex cap. Signed in black ink to lower margin ‘H. Butt’. Wrench Series no. 1385 c.1903. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in good/very good condition.... View full lot details

Joseph ‘Joe’ Vine. Sussex & England 1896-1922. Early original mono postcard of Vine standing full length at the wicket in bowling pose, wearing Sussex cap. Signed in black ink to lower margin ‘Yours truly, Joe Vine’. Wrench Series no. 1383 c.1903. Postally unused. Some rounding to corners, small stain to right edge, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Edward Ralph ‘Ted’ Dexter. Cambridge University, Sussex & England 1956-1968. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Dexter, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the lower margin, ‘E.R. Dexter’. Adhesive tape to verso, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Ernest Harry ‘Tim’ Killick. Sussex 1893-1913. Early original sepia postcard of Killick standing full length at the crease in batting pose wearing Sussex cap. The postcard very nicely signed to the image in black ink ‘Yours truly, E.H. Killick’. Wrench Series no. 1382 from a photograph by Foster. Postmarked 1906. Nick to edge, wear to corners, age toning, overall in generally fair condition. Rare.... View full lot details

Sussex C.C.C. Record first wicket stand 1933. Mono real photograph postcard of John Langridge and Ted Bowley standing in front of the scoreboard at Hove for the match Sussex v Middlesex, 5th- 8th August 1933. The printed title describes the scoreboard showing their record partnership of 490 for the first wicket, Langridge first to fall, for 195, with Bowley 281no (Bowley was out shortly after scoring 283). Sussex declared their innings at 512/3 and won... View full lot details

George Rubens Cox (George Cox Senior). Sussex 1895-1928. Sepia real photograph postcard of Cox standing full length wearing cricket attire and Sussex cap, hands in pockets. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph ‘G.R. Cox. Official stamps to verso for Nias and A.G. Spalding of Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. Sepia real photograph postcard of Tate standing full length wearing cricket attire and M.C.C. touring blazer, pipe in mouth, spectators in the background. Signed to the photograph ‘Maurice Tate’. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Slight fading to the signature. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Albert Frederick ‘Bert’ Wensley. Sussex, Auckland, Nawanagar & Europeans 1922-1948. Mono real photograph postcard of Wensley standing full length wearing Sussex cap and blazer. Nicely signed to the photograph in black ink, ‘A.F. Wensley’. Nias of Brighton. Postally unused. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Douglas James ‘Jim’ Wood. Sussex 1936-1955. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Wood, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and blazer. Nicely signed to the top left corner in black ink, ‘Jim Wood’. Official stamp to verso for A Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich, dated stamped 18th June 1953. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Dick Stanley Richards. Sussex 1927-1935. Early mono real photograph postcard of Richards standing full length wearing cricket attire and blazer. Signed in ink to the photograph ‘D.S. Richards’. Blind embossed stamp for Nias of Brighton to lower right corner. Postally unused. Very minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Robert Richard ‘Bob’ Relf. Sussex 1905-1933. Early sepia real photograph postcard of Relf standing full length at the wicket in batting pose, wearing Sussex cap. Signed in ink to the photograph ‘R.R. Relf’. Printed title ‘Relf R.R.’. Foster of Brighton. Postmarked 1910. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Reginald Allen ‘Reg’ Hollingdale. Sussex & Scotland 1925-1938. Mono real photograph postcard of Hollingdale, three quarter length, in Sussex cap and blazer. Signed in black ink to the photograph ‘R. Hollingdale’. Printed title ‘Reg Hollingdale’. Deane, Wiles & Millar of Brighton. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Walter Latter ‘Tich’ Cornford. Sussex & England 1921-1947. Sepia real photograph postcard of Cornford standing full length wearing wicket-keeping attire and Sussex cap. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph ‘W.L. Cornford’. Official stamps to verso for Nias and A.G. Spalding of Brighton. Postally unused. Minor age toning and slight rounding to corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

George Hubert Graham Doggart. Cambridge University, Sussex & England 1948-1961. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Doggart, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in blue ink by Doggart. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Sussex C.C.C. c.1905. Four early original mono real photograph postcards of Sussex players at the wicket, all Rival Photograph Series with printed titles. Three in batting pose of E.H. Killick (Series no. 1385), A.E. Relf (no. 1383), C.B. Fry (no. 1386), also G. Cox in bowling pose (no. 1384). All postally unused. Staining to the Fry postcard, general wear and light creasing, overall in good condition.... View full lot details

Maurice William Tate. Sussex & England 1912-1937. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of Tate standing three quarter length wearing cricket attire and M.C.C. tour blazer, pipe in hand. Signed in black ink ‘Maurice Tate’ to the image. Printed title ‘Maurice Tate’. B.C. Flemons of Tonbridge. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Sam Hargreave. Warwickshire 1899-1909. Excellent sepia real photograph postcard of Hargreave, standing full length at the wicket wearing cricket attire in bowling pose. Very nicely signed in black ink ‘Sam Hargreave’ to lower margin. Printed title ‘Hargreave (Warwickshire)’. Hartmann series no. 2913. Postally unused. Light creasing to top left corner, otherwise in good/ very good condition. Rarely seen signature.... View full lot details

Tom Dollery, Warwickshire & England 1934-1955, and Derek Shackleton, Hampshire & England 1948-1969. Two mono real photograph postcards of each player, head and shoulders, with name and county printed to lower border. Signed in ink by both Dollery and Shackleton. Sporting Handbooks Ltd. Postally unused. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Thomas Leslie Pritchard. Wellington, Warwickshire & Kent 1937-1956. Original mono real photograph plain back postcard of Pritchard, head and shoulders in cricket attire and blazer. Signed in ink to the photograph by Pritchard, dated ‘1947’. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Some staining to verso, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

William George ‘Willie’ Quaife. Warwickshire & England 1894-1928. Mono postcard of Quaife, full length in batting pose, wearing Warwickshire cap. Nicely signed in black ink to lower margin ‘W.G. Quaife’. Wrench series no. 2932. Printed title ‘W. Quaife’. Postmarked c.1906. Wear to corners, general soiling and foxing, overall in good condition.... View full lot details

Worcestershire C.C.C. 1947. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of the Worcestershire team seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. Printed title and players’ names to lower border. Fully signed in blue ink to the photograph by all eleven featured players. Signatures are White (Captain), Perks, Bird, Wyatt, Jackson, F. Cooper, Kenyon, E. Cooper, Howorth, Jenkins and Yarnold. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Small damage to top right... View full lot details

Worcestershire C.C.C. 1960s & 1970s. John Morton Parker (Worcestershire, Northern District & New Zealand 1971-1984) and Norman Gifford (Worcestershire, Warwickshire & England 1960-1988). Two mono real photograph plain back postcards. One of Parker in batting action, with official stamp to verso for Bill Smith of Stanmore. The other a head and shoulders photograph of a youthful Gifford, photographer unknown. Both signed to the photographs by the featured player. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Yorkshire Team 1903’. Early sepia real photograph postcard of the 1903 Yorkshire team seated and standing in rows wearing Yorkshire blazers and caps. Signed in ink to the photograph and border by three of the featured players. Signatures are F. Stanley Jackson, David Denton and David Hunter. Others featured include Lord Hawke (Captain), Taylor, Haigh, Hirst, Tunnicliffe, Rhodes etc. Printed title and players’ names to lower border. Rotary Series no. 3813. Postally unused. Very good... View full lot details

‘Yorkshire County C.C.’ c.1905. Early original mono printed postcard of the Yorkshire team seated and standing in rows wearing blazers and caps. Signed in ink to the postcard image by George Hirst (slightly faded), and to the verso by five of the twelve featured players. The signatures are Haigh, Hirst, Rhodes, W.H. Wilkinson and Hunter. Taken from a photograph by E. Hawkins & Co., Brighton, publisher unknown. Some wear to corners and minor soiling, otherwise... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. 1904. Early sepia real photograph postcard of the Yorkshire team for the drawn match v Sussex at Hove, 18th- 20th August 1904, the players seated and standing in rows wearing Yorkshire caps and blazers. Players are Lord Hawke (Captain), Haigh, Grimshaw, Denton, Lees-Whitehead, Hunter, Myers, Rhodes, Hirst, Smith, Wilkinson and Tunnicliffe. Foster of Brighton/ W.H.S. & S. Grosvenor Series. Postmarked 1905. Light creasing otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

William Eric ‘Bill’ Bowes. Yorkshire & England 1929-1947. Original mono real photograph postcard of Bowes depicted head and shoulders in cameo wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in ink below the image by Bowes. Thin paper strip attached to lower border with Bowes’s name, county and date of birth printed to it. The postcard appears to be by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich but has at some point been laid down to card so... View full lot details

Hedley Verity. Yorkshire & England, 1930-39. Original mono real photograph postcard of Verity depicted head and shoulders in cameo wearing cricket attire and Yorkshire cap. Very nicely signed in ink below the image by Verity. Thin paper strip attached to lower border with Verity’s name, county and date of birth printed to it. The postcard appears to be by A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich but has at some point been laid down to card... View full lot details

Wilfred Rhodes. Yorkshire & England 1898-1930. Mono real photograph postcard of Rhodes standing three quarter length wearing Yorkshire blazer and cap leaning on the railings, assumed to be at Scarborough. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph Walker’s Studio, Scarborough. Adhesive marks to verso otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details

Leonard Hutton. Yorkshire & England 1934-1955. Mono real photograph postcard of Hutton, half length, wearing his M.C.C. ‘South Africa 1938/39’ tour blazer and cricket attire. The postcard by Walter Scott of Bradford. The postcard very nicely signed by Hutton, is mounted in photographers folding card mount, the cover with impressed ‘White Rose’ emblem. Very good condition... View full lot details

Herbert Sutcliffe. Yorkshire & England and Jack Hobbs. Surrey & England. Two nicely signed real photograph postcards of the England opening batsman, each signed in black ink. Each nicely mounted, framed and glazed. Overall approximately 7”x9”. Sold with framed mono photographs of Colin Milburn and Basil D’Olivera, each signed to image, 8”x10.5” and 11”x13”. Very good condition... View full lot details

Schofield Haigh. Yorkshire & England 1895-1913. Mono real photograph postcard of Haigh full length in bowling pose. Nicely signed in black ink to lower border ‘Yours truly, Schofield Haigh’. Printed title ‘Haigh (Yorkshire) “Yorkshire Style”’. Hartmann series no. 1378. Postally unused. Light creasing, minor wear to edges and corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

John Tunnicliffe. Yorkshire 1891-1907. Mono real photograph postcard of Tunnicliffe catching a low ball, wearing Yorkshire cap. Very nicely signed in black ink to lower border ‘Yrs Very Truly, J. Tunnicliffe’. Printed title ‘Tunnicliffe (Yorkshire) “Caught, Sir”’. Hartmann series no. 1376. Postally unused. Minor silvering and soiling, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Frank Stanley Jackson. Cambridge University, Yorkshire & England 1890-1907. Early original mono postcard of Jackson standing full length in batting pose at the crease. Nicely signed ‘F. Stanley Jackson’ in black ink to the lower right corner by Jackson. Wrench series no. 1696 c.1903. Postally unused. Slight fading to the signature, light crease to top edge, otherwise in good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

John Thomas ‘Jack’ Brown. Yorkshire & England 1889-1904. Early original mono postcard of Brown standing full length at the wicket in batting pose, wearing Yorkshire cap. Signed in black ink to lower margin ‘Yours truly, J.T. Brown’. Wrench Series no. 1386 c.1903. Postally unused. Some browning to the signature. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in good/very good condition.... View full lot details

Arthur Brian Sellers. Yorkshire 1932-1948. Mono real photograph postcard of Sellers, full length walking out to bat wearing Yorkshire cap, in cameo. Signed in blue ink to the lower border ‘A. Brian Sellers’. Dated in pencil to verso ‘1933’. Publisher unknown. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. Fred Trueman and Mike Cowan. Mono real photograph postcard of Trueman (Yorkshire & England 1949-1969) and Cowan (Yorkshire 1953-1962) standing together, half length wearing cricket attire, Trueman with a blazer and holding a batting pad. Very nicely signed in ink to the photograph by both Trueman and Cowan. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Minor bumping to corners, otherwise in very good condition. A nice image.... View full lot details

Abraham ‘Abe’ Waddington. Yorkshire & England 1919-1927. Mono real photograph postcard of Waddington in match bowling action. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Waddington. Official stamp for Walkers Studios, Scarborough to verso. Published by Baron-Hartley of Blackpool. Postmarked 1949. Some creasing, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Herbert Sutcliffe. Yorkshire & England 1919-1945. Mono real photograph postcard of Sutcliffe in batting pose in the nets, very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. Bill Foord and Bill Bowes. Mono real photograph candid-style plain back postcard of Foord (Yorkshire 1947-1953) and Bowes (Yorkshire & England 1928-1947) seated together in conversation on a pavilion bench, c.1950. Signed in ink to the photograph by both Foord and Bowes. Publisher unknown. Postally unused. Some creasing, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Emmott Robinson. Yorkshire 1919-1931. Original mono real photograph plain back postcard of Robinson walking off the field of play in batting attire, wearing Yorkshire cap. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph and to the verso by Robinson. Photographer unknown. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Yorkshire C.C.C. Maurice Leyland and Roy Kilner. Two mono advertising postcards, one of Leyland in batting pose with advertising to verso for the ‘Maurice Leyland Cricket Bat’ by Sykes. Signed in pencil to the front by Leyland. The other, of Kilner standing full length, is a similar ‘Roy Kilner Cricket Bat’ postcard of 1926 with facsimile signature to the front. Sold with a sepia real photograph plain back postcard of Kilner, head and shoulders wearing... View full lot details

Wilfred Rhodes. Yorkshire, Europeans, Patiala & England 1898-1930. M.C.C. tour to Australia 1903/04. A collection of nine picture postcards sent by Rhodes to ‘F.E. Davis’ in Halifax, Yorkshire while on his first overseas tour with England to Australia in 1903/04 (and one other dated 1930). Subjects include Paris, Pompeii, Port Said, Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Tasmania, Glenelg and Melbourne. Each postcard is signed or initialled by Rhodes. The postcards loosely mounted to album pages. Minor wear... View full lot details

John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs. Surrey & England 1905-1934. Glass plate negative of Hobbs, full length, wearing M.C.C. blazer and in cricket attire holding a cricket bat to side. The plate was struck for the M.C.C. tour of Australia in 1924/25 under the name Don Photo Series, produced by Rose Stenographic Company founded in Melbourne in 1880 and operated right up to 2020. Sold with two reproduction photographs taken recently from the negative. Good condition... View full lot details

Arthur Mailey, New South Wales & Australia 1912-1930. Glass plate negative of Mailey, full length, wearing cricket attire and in bowling pose. The plate was struck for the M.C.C. tour of Australia in 1924/25 under the name Don Photo Series, produced by Rose Stenographic Company founded in Melbourne in 1880 and operated right up to 2020. Sold with two reproduction photographs taken recently from the negative. Good condition. Sold with a first edition copy of... View full lot details

England player postcards early 1900s. A selection of fifteen early postcards, all of a similar ‘pink’ printed series, each depicting an English cricketer in various poses, with printed player’s name to lower border. The majority are from photographs by E. Hawkins of Brighton featuring P.F. Warner (Middlesex), Tip Foster (Worcestershire), Len Braund, Sammy Woods (Somerset), Tom Hayward, Bobby Abel (Surrey), C.B. Fry, K.S. Ranjitsinhji (Sussex), W.G. Grace, Gilbert Jessop (Gloucestershire), Jack Mason (Kent), Wilfred Rhodes... View full lot details

W.G. Grace. Three early mono/ sepia real photograph postcards of W.G. Grace. Images depict Grace in cricket attire and blazer, one of him seated postmarked 1904, another head and shoulders postally unused, the third standing with the ‘young’ Prince of Wales postmarked 1911. All Rotary series, nos. 3801, 3801B and 3801C respectively. Some creasing and pin hole to the postcard of Grace seated, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Force Bat Series’ advertising postcards c.1911. Five early mono real photograph postcards issued by Summers Brown & Co., London, each featuring a head and shoulders studio portrait of a player wearing cricket attire and cap, with printed signatures and titles to lower margins. Includes three Surrey players, Jack Hobbs titled ‘The “Force” bat is the best’, Herbert Strudwick ‘The “Force Gauntlet is invaluable’, and Ernie Hayes ‘The “Force” bat has no equal’, also Patsy Hendren... View full lot details

‘Force Bat Series’ advertising postcards c.1911. Four early mono postcards issued by Summers Brown & Co., London. Three are real photographs, featuring a head and shoulders studio portrait of a player wearing cricket attire and cap, with printed signatures and titles to lower margins. Players depicted are Jack Hobbs (Surrey) titled ‘The “Force” bat is the best’ postmarked 1912, Punter Humphreys (Kent) ‘Best Bat “Force” Best Ball’, and Frank Tarrant (Middlesex) ‘I always use... View full lot details

England Test and County cricketers early 1900s. Six Valentine’s Series colour postcards, each depicting a player wearing cricket attire, with printed name to front. Players are F.S. Jackson, Hirst (Yorkshire), Tyldesley (Lancashire), T. Hayward (Surrey), Lilley (Warwickshire), and C.B. Fry (Sussex & Hampshire). Three postally used with postmarks or dated 1906. Wear to some corners and edges, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

‘Lady Coke’s XI v Mr J Bamford’s XI’ Uttoxeter 1914. Early sepia real photograph postcard of ‘Mr Bamford’s XI’ seated and standing in rows in front of the pavilion. The match was played at Uttoxeter Oldfields 27th July 1914 but no record of the result or who took part can be found. Sold with a similar postcard of a general view of the pavilion with players and spectators in attendance. Both by Alfred McCann of... View full lot details

Rupert Roopnaraine. Cambridge University 1964-1966. Mono real candid-style photograph plain back postcard of Roopnaraine depicted half length wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in black ink to the photograph, ‘Rupert Roopnaraine’. Typed title ‘R. Roopnaraine, Cambridge University’. Official stamp to verso for C. Goodman of Newmarket. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

‘Entrance to The Oval, Kennington’ c.1910. Early original sepia real photograph postcard of the entrance to the Oval ground with the iconic gas holder in the background. Printed title to lower portion of the image. Published by Gale & Polden Ltd. Postally unused. Minor blemish and wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition. Excellent image.... View full lot details

Cricket postcards 1910s-1950s. A good selection of eleven original postcards, the majority real photographs unless stated. Includes team postcards of Yorkshire 1905 (printed) by Scott of Bradford, Northamptonshire of 1925, S.H. Greenway of Northampton, Sussex 1936, Deane Wiles of Brighton, and Kent 1950 by Flemons of Tonbridge. Others feature George Hirst in batting pose for Paddock C.C. (Huddersfield) and another of the Paddock team. Aerial view of match in play at Hastings, date unknown, Sussex... View full lot details

‘The Johnnie Walker Test Match Scoreboard’ 1934. Five mono/ sepia real photograph postcards depicting the scoreboard at various locations during the 1934 Ashes series. Locations are Great Yarmouth, 1st Test at Trent Bridge, showing Australia’s 1st innings total of 374, England at 52/1, Sutcliffe on 28, Hammond on 5. Published by Johnnie Walker. Brighton, 2nd Test at Lord’s, showing Australia’s second innings score of 118 all out, match result annotated in ink to front ‘England... View full lot details

‘The Excelsior Pictorial Post Card Co. Portraits of the complete English Team who brought home the Ashes’. Published by A.C. (Albert Craig) Cricket Rhymester. Blue card booklet with printed titles containing four postcards, two with three cricketers, two with four. Players include Lilley, Hayward, Fielder, Knight, Rhodes, Warner etc. Complete as issued. Adhesive mark to front wrapper, rusting to staple, otherwise in good condition. Rare in this form. Sold with ‘Kent Cricketers’, original envelope containing... View full lot details

Leslie John Todd. Kent 1927-1950. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Todd, three quarter length, wearing pads and gloves ready for batting. Signed and dedicated in black ink by Todd ‘To Martin, wishing you all the best of luck’. B.C. Flemons of Tunbridge. Good condition... View full lot details

Leon Hellmuth. Kent 1951-1952. Mono real photograph postcard of Hellmuth three quarter length wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Hellmuth. Printed title ‘L. Hellmuth, Kent’ to lower left corner. ‘Kent Cricket Series’ by J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Bruce Stanley Darvell. Kent 1952, 1 match. Mono real photograph postcard of Darvell three quarter length wearing cricket attire and holding a ball. Nicely signed in ink to the photograph by Darvell. Printed title ‘B. Darval [sic], Kent’ to lower left corner. ‘Kent Cricket Series’ by J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Brian Elvin Disbury. Kent 1954-1957. Mono real photograph postcard of Disbury three quarter length wearing cricket attire. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph by Disbury. Printed title ‘B.E. Disbury, Kent’ to lower right corner. J.D. Hunt of Tonbridge. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Abraham ‘Abram’ Waddington. Yorkshire & England 1919-1927. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Waddington, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Signed in ink by Waddington. Official stamp to verso for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Harold Beaumont. Yorkshire 1946-1947. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Beaumont, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and cap. Nicely signed in ink by Beaumont. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso, date stamped 1946. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Donald Vincent ‘Don’ Brennan. Yorkshire & England 1947-1955. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Brennan, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire and blazer. Nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Brennan. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Very good condition.... View full lot details

John Henry ‘Johnny’ Wardle. Yorkshire & England 1946-1958. Mono real photograph plain back postcard of Wardle, head and shoulders wearing cricket attire. Very nicely signed in blue ink to the photograph by Wardle. Official stamp for A. Wilkes & Son, West Bromwich to verso. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Wilfred Rhodes. Yorkshire, Europeans, Patiala & England 1898-1930. Sepia real photograph postcard of Rhodes standing full length wearing cricket attire, Yorkshire cap, and leaning on a bat. The photograph by A. Robinson of Sheffield, taken at the back of Bramall Lane pavilion. Nicely signed in black ink to the photograph ‘Yours sincerely W. Rhodes’. Postally unused. Minor wear to top edge and corners, otherwise in good/ very good condition. A good image.... View full lot details

George Herbert Hirst. Yorkshire, Europeans & England 1891-1929. Early original mono postcard of Hirst standing full length wearing cricket attire and Yorkshire cap, ball in hand at the wicket. Very nicely signed in black ink ‘G.H. Hirst’ to the lower margin. Printed title ‘G.H. Hirst’. Wrench series no. 1391. Postally unused. Trimmed to top edge, minor foxing, adhesive marks to verso, otherwise in good/very good condition.... View full lot details

Sachin Tendulkar. ‘Yorkshire Television. Sponsors of Sachin Tendulkar, Bombay, India and Yorkshire C.C.C.’ Original sponsors advertising card with biography to verso, signed to front by Tendulkar. Very good condition.... View full lot details

‘The Cricket Album, containing 36 artistic photo post cards of all the first class county teams, also Warners XI, 18 of the best Cricketers and the 1905 Australian team’. The Star Series. 3rd edition. Complete album of uncut postcards, bound in boards with title to front board, six to a page, printed in Bavaria for G.D. & D. London in original orange wrappers with printed title and postcard of the 1905 Australian team laid to... View full lot details

‘Vanity Fair Cartoons Series’ postcards early 1900s. Seven colour postcards of cricketers each with series title and player biography printed to margins, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, London. One features Ranjitsinhji, series no. 1548, the others, from series no. 1707, are of F.S. Jackson, Gilbert Jessop, Robert Abel, Plum Warner, George Hirst and L.C.H. Palairet. All postally unused. The Jessop postcard with small surface damage to front. Some wear to corners and odd minor... View full lot details

Victorian cricket Christmas cards c.1895. Four exquisite colour Christmas cards. One double-sided card features a pair of cut-out cricket boots with title to verso ‘May you be bo(w)le’d, And never sol(e)d’. Adhesive marks to verso where previously laid down. The other three folding cards each depict bats, balls and stumps to the front, with titles ‘Good Luck to you’, ‘A jolly Score be yours this merry Season’, and ‘With the season’s greetings’, the latter, dated... View full lot details

Victorian cricket Christmas, New Year and birthday greetings cards c.1895. Seven attractive colour greetings cards, each featuring cricketing scenes, some with humorous captions. Two are single-sided cards, one issued by Raphael Tuck & Sons with artwork by ‘Ellam’, the other similar. Captions are ‘Straight for the middle stump’ and ‘How’s that? Very uncomfortable’. Other titles include ‘Where the deuce has that gone?’, ‘Grace and Remembrance to you Shakespeare’ etc. One card appears to feature a... View full lot details

Victorian advertising trade cards. Seven late Victorian advertising trade cards featuring cricket scenes. Includes two Belgian cards, one for ‘Grand Maison de Blanc’, the other ‘Chocolaterie Marchal’, both of Brussels, and one French card, ‘Chocolat Martougin’ of Paris. Two are titled ‘Cricket Series’, one with caption ‘Puzzle: Find the Captain’ with advertising to verso for Brundle’s of South Lowestoft, the other ‘Puzzle Find Trumper’ for Dodd Bros. of Tunbridge Wells. Another is titled ‘Our Eleven.... View full lot details

Freeman, Hardy & Willis c.1900. Four early advertising cards featuring cricket scenes/ cartoons. One, titled ‘Cricket Cranks. Find the Doctor’, features a roundel of an illustration of F.S. Jackson with a humorous scene of a cricketer being charged by a bull, printed in red and black. Other cards, printed in colour, depict illustrations of cricketers at play, with titles ‘Middlesex v. Lancashire. Find W.G. Grace and a Lancashire Lad’, Petty series no. 8074, ‘Hitting Out.... View full lot details

Huntley & Palmers Biscuits 1878. Three original colour Victorian chromolithograph advertising cards with gold borders, each depicting a different cricket scene, titled ‘Huntley & Palmers Biscuits, Reading & London’. To verso, printed details of the company’s product range, with details in French for the ‘Grand Prix de L’Exposition Universelle de Paris 1878’. Each measures 3”x4.5”. Wear to edges, creasing to one, adhesive marks to verso of two, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Early cricket cards. Three 19th century colour chromolithograph cricket cards each with a different image of a boy cricketer, two wearing a red cap, the other with red and blue quartered cap. Two cards are titled ‘Batsman’ and ‘Fielder’, both overprinted in the top panel by advertisers, the other titled ‘Bowled’ has been trimmed, lacking the advertising panel. The ‘Batsman’ card with further printed advertising to verso, others plain back. All ‘Copyright 1881 by O.J.... View full lot details

Early cricket cards. Four 19th century colour chromolithograph plain back cricket cards, each depicting the same image of a sprawling boy with flying stumps, titled ‘Bowled Out’. Three are printed in blue, one in red, all with a gold coloured sky. Two cards overprinted by advertisers for American retail outlets, all ‘Copyright 1881 by Geo. M. Hayes’ (U.S.A.). Each card measures 3”x4.5”. Some wear to edges and corner of one card, minor age toning, otherwise... View full lot details

Cricket appointment postcard 1934. Plain postcard with interesting printed request for engagement as an amateur cricket player sent out to clubs by ‘J.R. Dixon’, who was living at the time at Ashmill Street, London NW1. Dixon describes himself as a ‘Late County Player... First Batsman, slow or steady or fairly sharp scorer... Bowling, Slow to Medium Leg Break with leg swerve’ and proposes terms for a trial period of four matches as an amateur for... View full lot details

Early cricket menu and Christmas card. Small original folding menu card for Jesus College, Cambridge, dated 9th November 1881. The elaborate front cover engraving depicts a winged insect (cricket) in batting stance at the wicket with college buildings in the background, titled ‘Cricket’. Adhesive marks to verso, slight splitting to fold. Sold with an early concertina fold Christmas card, the front titled ‘Cricket. Losing the Toss’ with cartoon of a boy being chased by a... View full lot details

Cricket trade card miscellany 1920s onwards. A mixed selection of trade cards, postcards, playing and fixture cards etc. Contents include ‘Juno Picture Books County Cricketers No. 1’ 1949. Godfrey Phillips miniature Pinnace card no. 163C of Storer c.1923. ‘Player’s Please’ advertising fixture booklet for 1939, and a Glamorgan C.C.C. Advertising fixture card for Rizla 1957. ‘Midget’ postcard of a boy cricketer ‘Presented with the “Red Letter”’. Small jigsaw puzzle for Procea Bread etc. Odd minor... View full lot details

Boy cricketer postcards c.1913. Six early colour postcards of photographic images of a young boy in various batting poses. ‘Series 1888’ printed in Saxony. Titles are ‘Ready for a run’, ‘The hope of his side’, ‘Well played Sir’, ‘A narrow squeak’, ‘Play’, and ‘Ready for the play’. Five postally used, two with postmarks for 1913. Wear to some corners, odd creasing and soiling, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Commonwealth tour to India & Ceylon 1950/51. Official Christmas card with team colours in stripes to front, printed team photograph to inside. Signed in ink by two members of the touring party, George Tribe and Bruce Dooland. Light creasing, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

M.C.C. tour of Australia & New Zealand 1946/47. Official M.C.C. Christmas card with decorative covers and printed caricatures of the M.C.C. team by Mailey to rear page. Unsigned. Good condition... View full lot details

‘M.C.C. tour of South Africa 1938-1939’. Official unsigned M.C.C. Christmas card from the ‘Timeless Test’ tour with cover image of a map showing England and South Africa with emblem of M.C.C. and South Africa. To inside a photograph of the team and the wording, ‘The Managers and Members of the M.C.C. Cricket Touring Team 1938-39 Wish you a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year’. Good/ very good condition... View full lot details

‘The Official Collection of International Cricketer Postcards’. Full run of T.C.C.B./ Classic Cricket Cards ‘International Cricketers’ postcards, nos. 1-100. Published by Stamp Publicity, Worthing, West Sussex 1995. All the postcards are signed in ink by the player unless mentioned. Signatures include Atherton, Sobers, Arthurton, Lloyd, Ambrose, Hick, Hussain, John Major MP, Cork, Caddick, Cronje, Donald, Procter, Graveney, Trueman, Cullinan, Kirsten, Pollock, Rhodes, Cowdrey, Azharuddin, Sidhu, Tendulkar, Srinath, Mongia, Manjrekar, Venkat Raju, Kumble, Botham, Gower, Compton,... View full lot details

‘The Official Collection of International Cricketer Postcards’. Full run of T.C.C.B./ Classic Cricket Cards ‘International Cricketers’ postcards, nos. 101-200. Published by Stamp Publicity, Worthing, West Sussex 1995. All the postcards are signed in ink by the player unless mentioned. Signatures include Croft, A. and B. Hollioake, Butcher, Blewett, Ponting, Slater, Julien, Lara, Chanderpaul, Walsh, Ambrose, Adams, Hooper, Headley, Giles, Cowan, Edrich, Adams, Boucher, Kallis, Ntini, Jayasuriya, Ranatunga, De Silva, Fleming, Twose, Vettori, Parore, Hadlee,... View full lot details

‘Cornhill Insurance Test Series’ collectors’ cards Series ‘C’. Thirty seven original colour player cards from Series ‘C’, of which thirty two are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Allott, Athey, Capel (2 different), Childs, Cook, Cowans, Cowdrey, Curtis, DeFreitas, Downton, Edmonds, Ellison, Emburey, Fowler, French, Gatting (2), Gower, Larkins, Lamb (2), Lawrence, Lloyd, Moxon, Pocock, Radford, Robinson, Sidebottom, D. Smith, Terry, Thomas, Willey and Willis. Also three unsigned of J. Richards, Slack, and C.... View full lot details

‘Cornhill Insurance Test Series’ collectors’ cards Series ‘D’ and ‘E’. Thirty six original colour player cards, of which eight are from Series ‘D’, all signed by the featured player, and twenty eight from Series ‘E’ (twenty one signed). Series ‘D’ signatures are Barnett, Curtis, Gatting, Jarvis, Malcolm, Moxon, Stephenson and Tavare. Series ‘E’ signatures are Atherton, Bailey, Botham, Capel, DeFreitas, Fairbrother, Fraser, Gooch, Hemmings, Hick, Hussain, Illingworth, Lamb, Lewis, Malcolm, Pringle, Ramprakash, Russell, R. Smith,... View full lot details

‘Cornhill Insurance Test Series’ collectors’ cards Series ‘G’ to ‘K’. Over one hundred and fifty original colour player cards of which over sixty are signed by the featured player. Includes Series ‘G’, 21 cards of which thirteen are signed by Bicknell, Caddick, Fraser, Gatting, Gooch, Ilott, Illingworth, Lewis, McCague, Maynard, Such and Thorpe (2 copies). Series ‘H’ 20, eleven signed by Bolus, Crawley (2 copies), DeFreitas, Gough, Malcolm, Ramprakash, Rhodes, R. Smith, Taylor and White.... View full lot details

T.C.C.B., Middlesex and World Cup 1999 postcards. A selection, a good number signed, including T.C.C.B. ‘England Internationals in the 90s’, twenty eight postcards nos. 1, 3, 6, 8, 10-33, of which nineteen are signed by Gower, Lamb, Bailey, Capel, Fairbrother, Russell, Smith, Newport, Fraser, Atherton, Malcolm etc. Sixteen official Middlesex C.C.C. player postcards c.1993, of which eleven are signed by Gatting, Brown, Carr, Emburey, Feltham, Fraser, Haynes, Ramprakash, Roseberry, Tufnell and Williams. A full set... View full lot details

Indian trade, collectors’ cards and postcards 1990s. Album comprising approx. two hundred modern Indian trade cards and postcards covering individual players and teams, mainly India, also Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, England etc. Includes twenty cards from the ‘Cricket Superstar’ series including Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Dravid, Ganguly (India), Kallis, Pollock (South Africa), Muralitharan (Sri Lanka), Hayden, McGrath, Ponting (Australia), C. Cairns, Fleming (New Zealand), Lara (West Indies), Hussain (England), Inzamam-ul-Haq, Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan) etc. Other... View full lot details

Test and County postcards 1970s-1990s. Large black binder comprising over 380 postcards, promotional cards and postcard size photographs covering Test and County players, cricket grounds, and modern reproduction postcards. Around eighty are individually signed by the featured player. Signatures include Mark Benson, Derek Underwood, Richard Ellison, Min Patel (all Kent), Alec Stewart, Wayne Larkins, Neil Foster, Dean Headley, Dominic Cork, Mike Gatting, Tony Greig, Neil Fairbrother, Ian Botham, Mike Brearley (England), Dean Jones, David Boon,... View full lot details

Scanlens ‘W.S.C. Super Series’ Australian issue 1981. Card nos. 1-28, 30-78 and 80-84 from the set of 84 player cards plus the six ‘Checklist’ cards, and some duplicates. Forty six of the cards are signed by the featured player, nos. 1-4, 6-9, 11-14, 16-18, 20, 22, 24, 39, 43, 45-47, 50-55, 57-59, 61-65, 67, 68, 71, 73, 75, 77, 78, 81 and 82. Signatures include Walker, Walters, Wood, K. Hughes (two different), Lillee, Border, Marsh,... View full lot details

Australian Dairy Corporation/ Australian Cricket Board ‘Kanga Cards’ 1985. Near complete set of sixty of the sixty three cards issued. Lacking nos. 20 Ian Botham and 33 Clive Lloyd from the ‘Facts’ cards and no. 9 Imran Khan from the ‘Tips’ cards. Includes the ‘Information’, ‘How To Play’ and ‘Rules’ cards, and the two different Benson & Hedges Sponsor cards. Twenty one cards are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Rackemann, Tavare, Marks, Wood,... View full lot details

Australian issue ‘Scanlens Stimorol 1989/90 Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka’. PBL Marketing. Near complete set of seventy nine of the eighty four cards issued. Lacking nos. 24 Ian Botham, 53 Martin Sneddon, 58 & 59 both Imran Khan, and 70 Wasim Akram. Twenty nine cards are signed by the featured player. Signatures are Border (2 different), Boon (2), Healy, Hohns, M. Hughes (2), G. Marsh, Matthews, May, Moody, Taylor, S. Waugh, Simpson (Australia), Bracewell... View full lot details

Australian issue ‘Scanlens Stimorol 1990/91 Australia, England, New Zealand’. PBL Marketing. Complete set of the eighty four cards issued. The majority of player cards are signed by the featured player. Those lacking signatures are nos. 10 Campbell, 14 I. Chappell, 18 Jones, 21 Holland, 23 & 24 both O’Donnell, 25 & 26 both Rackemann, 30 M. Waugh, 35 Hookes, 37 Bradman, 42 Lillee, 49 R. Marsh, 56 Mccosker, 58 Medlycott, 68 C. Cairns, 72 Greatbatch,... View full lot details

County Print Services modern cricket card sets. Binder comprising a nicely presented collection of eight complete sets of modern trade card issues with the odd card signed. Sets are ‘County Cricket Teams 1900-1914’ (48 cards). ‘Cricket’s Pace Partners’ (12), one signed by Malcolm Marshall, another by Courtney Walsh. ‘Spin Twins’ (12), one signed by John Emburey, another by Shane Warne. ‘First Knock (Cricket’s Opening Pairs) (12), one signed by Bob Simpson. ‘The Cricketing Knights’ (5),... View full lot details

‘Australian Sporting Personalities’ 1981. Set of four colour first day of issue postcards produced from the stamps of the series, each featuring a different sportsman. Includes the scarcer card of Victor Trumper (cricket), also Norman Brookes (tennis), Darby Munro (horse racing) and Walter Lindrum (billiards). Each postcard with matching stamp applied to the front and date stamped 18th February 1981 at the Philatelic Sales Centre, Sydney. Very good condition.... View full lot details

Hampshire C.C.C. 1990s-2010s. Two black binders comprising a large selection of modern official player and team collectors’ cards. Includes over one hundred and eighty official player postcards of which over sixty are signed by the player. Signatures include Adams, Kabir Ali, Bates, Briggs, Cork, Carberry, Dawson, Ervine, de Wet, S. Jones, Griffiths, Katich, Mascarenhas, Pothas, Rouse, Vince, R. Smith etc. T.C.C.B. ‘International Cricketers’ card no. 75, and Cornhill Insurance Series ‘K’ card, both signed by... View full lot details

Donald George ‘Don’ Bradman. New South Wales, South Australia & Australia 1927-1949. Colour cigarette card of Bradman in batting pose from the Ogdens ‘Australian Test Cricketers’ series 1928-29. Nicely signed by Bradman. Good condition... View full lot details

Donald George ‘Don’ Bradman. New South Wales, South Australia & Australia 1927-1949. Colour cigarette card of Bradman head and shoulders wearing Australia cap from the Players ‘Cricketers’ series 1934. Nicely signed by Bradman. Minor wear otherwise in good condition. Sold with a Morning Foods Ltd ‘Test Cricketers’ 1953 mono trade card of Jim De Courcy, N.S.W. & Australia signed in ink by De Courcy. Qty 2... View full lot details

Don Bradman. Australian Bicentenary 1788-1988 first day cover signed by Bradman to centre. Postdated ‘Headingley, Leeds’ with Bicentenary stamps for the 21st June 1988. Very good condition... View full lot details

Yorkshire cigarette and collectors’ cards early 1900s onwards. Album comprising a comprehensive collection of over two hundred and thirty cigarette and collectors’ card, each depicting a Yorkshire cricketer. Includes a good number of earlier issues, also modern reprint issues with some cards signed. Earlier issues include Ogden’s Guinea Gold ‘Cricketers Base I’ 1901, Hawke, Hirst, Hunter. W.D. & H.O. Wills ‘Cricketers’ 1901 with vignettes, Denton, Brown, Hirst, Jackson, ‘Capstan Prominent Australian and English Cricketers’ 1907... View full lot details

Yorkshire. Wills’s Cigarettes ‘Cricketers’ 1896. W.D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol & London. Two rare individual cards from the series of fifty, one of F.S. Jackson, the other Wainwright. Minor wear to corners, otherwise in very good condition.... View full lot details

Yorkshire. Clarke’s Cigarettes ‘Cricketer Series’ 1901. Wm. Clarke & Son, Liverpool & London. Three rare individual cards from the series of fifty, series no. 10 W. Rhodes, no. 12 J. Tunnicliffe, and no. 28 Lord Hawke. Good/ very good condition.... View full lot details

Cricket books, stamps etc. Box of fourteen cricket books with Hampshire interest. Books include ‘Shane Warne. My Autobiography’. 2001 signed copy to the vendor, ‘Shane Warne. My Illustrated Career’. Shane Warne 2006 (two copies), ‘Gordon Greenidge. The Man in the Middle’. Gordon Greenidge, signed copy,’The Judge’. Robin Smith 2019, ‘On The Spot’ Biography of Derek Shackleton, signed copy, three Hampshire and cricket histories signed by their authors etc. Plus a full sheet of ten Australian... View full lot details